An equity score of 10/100 ranks Salado Isd #1036 of 1047 districts in Texas (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $9,952 per pupil, Salado Isd ranks #1151 of 1207 Texas districts by per-pupil spending (Texas districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
2,336
Total Enrollment
3
Schools
$9,952
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Salado Isd operates 3 public schools serving 2,336 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Texas. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 combined, 1 high, 1 middle schools, a small enough portfolio that most families will interact with nearly every campus in the district at some point. These enrollment and school figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 release, and the district is based in Bell County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $9,952 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, among the bottom 121 of 1207 Texas districts by per-pupil spending. See how Texas compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 62.8% local, 28.8% state, and 8.4% federal, a local-revenue-heavy mix that leaves the district more exposed to property-tax swings and local ballot measures than state-funded peers. The district's equity score is 10/100, ranked #1036 of 1047 in Texas against a state average of 50, notably less even than the typical district in the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
Academic infrastructure includes 1 of 3 schools offering Advanced Placement (12 AP courses district-wide), a 404.8:1 student-counselor ratio, well above the ASCA benchmark though still under the roughly 408:1 national average, and 16.4% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 66.6% White, 26.7% Hispanic or Latino, 1.2% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Thomas Arnold El, with a diversity index of 50.0/100.
Its largest campus is Thomas Arnold El, enrolling 1,073 students (44% of the district's total enrollment).
Thomas Arnold El accounts for 44.2% of all Salado Isd student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Salado Isd-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade band: combined. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how the district allocates programs, capital, or staff. Enrollment-weighted aggregates give this entity more weight than any smaller peer, while an unweighted entity average treats every record equally.
Salado Isd student-counselor ratio is 405:1 — high (typically associated with staffing constraints that limit per-student counselor time; CRDC data shows higher ratios cluster in larger urban systems)
student-counselor ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE counselors against total enrollment, districts that contract intervention or social-emotional staff outside the counselor classification may be under-counted Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.
Salado Isd chronic absenteeism rate is 16.4% — near the typical range (US average ~28) — aligned with the national post-pandemic baseline of roughly 28% chronic absenteeism
chronic absenteeism rate is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: a student is chronically absent if they miss ≥10% of enrolled days for any reason, illness, family obligations, or disengagement Variation between sub-units within Salado Isd is typically wider than the Salado Isd-aggregate figure suggests.